MTL - Treasure Hunt America-Chapter 1199 publicity

?The topics of those shareholders' meetings are very simple, that is, everyone gets together, communicates with each other, and discusses the future development direction of the family by the way. In the end, Thomas and Petty, who had been prepared for a long time, obviously moved the main members of the board of directors. , and now they have begun to move westward and lay out on the California side.

And Jesse and the others followed Thomas and Petty's layout and came to the west.

"So, the Hearst family has completely mixed into the high-speed rail construction project in the west?"

Hearing what Jesse said here, Jin Muchen probably understood why Jesse and the others appeared in San Francisco. They obviously came here following the clues.

"Well, it should be like this. Recently, they have been walking very closely with many large consortia, banks, and government officials in the west, obviously promoting the construction plan of this high-speed rail in California, so we will come here. Watch here."

Jesse replied, but Jin Muchen was still full of questions at this time: "Is this high-speed rail project so easy to pass? You must know that various news media in the United States have been promoting this project for several years. But in the end, it wasn't a stillbirth? After all, the construction of such a project will move the cake of a lot of people, and those people can only pass the construction of their high-speed rail project!"

Although that Thomas and Dylan, and Petty. Hearst and their friends were very interested in the construction of high-speed rail in California, but Jin Muchen felt that this matter must not be so easy to pass.

Especially from the government level, you must know that the United States is not a government-regulated society like China, but to start construction of such a large project, it still needs the approval of the government department at the state level. After all, such a project, It will involve land acquisition, and many other issues.

If there is no government to coordinate the interests of all parties, it is impossible at all. In addition, there is the public opinion of the people. You must know that the American people have their own opinions on whether to build high-speed rail, not everyone likes it. This kind of railway construction project.

Some people who need to commute frequently and run back and forth between different cities, as well as the poor with difficult family conditions, all hope that the high-speed rail can be successfully launched. After all, after such a project starts, it will be very difficult for them to travel. It's convenient and saves a lot of money.

The current railway companies, as well as those construction and engineering companies, as well as some railway locomotive research and development companies, of course, also very much hope that this project can be launched. A piece of the pie in the construction plan, and it's not a small sum.

The construction of such projects in China is tens of hundreds of billions of projects, and in the United States, it must also be a project of tens of hundreds of billions of dollars, and the unit behind this number must be US dollars.

For the California government, of course, they also hope that this project can be passed, because if this project is successfully launched, it will at least create tens of thousands of jobs in California, and the high-speed rail will pass through some cities along the way. , will also prosper because of this, which is of course a good thing for these officials.

And if this thing is done well, they can also gain fame among the people, and it will not be impossible for them to enter the White House at that time.

However, the opponents of this project are also very strong. From a private perspective, for example, those who are rich, or those whose families own a lot of cars, are opposed to such a high-speed rail construction project.

Because in their opinion, they have a car at home, and they can just drive to wherever they want to go, so why take the high-speed rail?

And if the high-speed rail is really open to construction, it will just spend the taxes they paid to build a public welfare project that they will never enjoy, which is very unfavorable to them.

Instead of letting the government spend their tax dollars to build a public welfare program that they will never enjoy, it is better for the government to invest this money in public health care, such a program, they can still enjoy Woolen cloth.

This is the biggest objection at the civil level, and for those aircraft companies and car manufacturing companies, if you make such a high-speed rail, it is simply ruining their jobs.

Especially the airline passenger industry and the aircraft manufacturing industry have the most fierce opposition to the construction of high-speed rail. Why build this thing?

If the California government really builds such a high-speed rail, and those mud-legged people enjoy the benefits of this high-speed rail passenger transport, who will come to fly in the future?

After all, the price of taking a plane is relatively expensive, and the airports in major cities are basically far away from the urban area. If you want to go from the airport to the urban area, you have to drive, which is very inconvenient, which is a waste of time, and also It increases the cost of travel, but the high-speed rail is different. The high-speed rail station can be built in the city center, and the seats of the high-speed rail will be much wider than the seats on the plane. If the common people try to take the high-speed rail. Quick, who will take their planes in the future?

Therefore, regarding the construction of high-speed rail, those aircraft manufacturing companies and airline passenger companies cannot bear it.

In addition, automobile manufacturing companies cannot bear the problem of high-speed rail construction. The United States is a country on wheels. In recent years, the oil price in the United States has been relatively low, and ordinary people have enjoyed certain benefits. However, the high oil prices in previous years, but It frightens the common people. Now many people choose Japanese cars or hybrid cars to buy a car. The high fuel consumption of American cars makes many American families still have lingering fears.

If the high-speed rail was born at this time, and everyone would stop buying cars, and they all felt that it was worthwhile to take the high-speed rail when they traveled, would these car manufacturing companies go to drink the northwest wind?

In addition, those traditional energy industries, such as those large oil companies, are also quite critical of the construction of high-speed rail. After all, if people travel by plane or drive, their gasoline will be sold well, but if everyone chooses not to choose in the future After driving, but choose to take the high-speed rail, then who will they sell their oil to?

Therefore, there are actually many opponents about whether this high-speed rail should be built in the United States, but Jin Muchen does not believe that this high-speed rail can be successfully promoted in the United States.

But looking at the way Jesse is talking to me now, it seems that the Hearst family, and the group they joined together, seem to be very confident about promoting the high-speed rail project in California, which makes the He was very curious as to where the confidence of these people came from.

At this time, Jesse gave the answer he wanted: "Now, a group of people who support the construction of the high-speed rail and some people who oppose the construction of the high-speed rail are arguing fiercely in the State House. The people on both sides, They all used their own lobbying teams to lobby state legislators in Sacramento, hoping to gain support. Recently, Hearst and the others have stepped up their propaganda efforts. You also know that they have dozens of people across the country. The news media, they have dozens of TV stations alone. Now they publish the suggestions of some so-called scholars and experts in the news media every day, and these scholars and experts, you know, They must all be the gunmen hired by their family, and they all say that the construction of the high-speed rail is good for the United States. On TV, they have opened a discussion program on several TV stations with relatively high ratings during prime time. The topic of discussion is the construction of high-speed rail, whether the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for the United States, or the disadvantages outweigh the benefits. Moreover, the people invited are all celebrities, but there are differences in the name of the person. For example, the opponents invited those entertainment stars or celebrities. , and the supporters are more professional economists or experts in high-speed rail research. Let these two groups argue together, and ask those stars, celebrities, etc. Most of them are just to gain exposure. How can they argue with those experts? So now, at least the public opinion in California is dominated by them, and the trend among the people is gradually tilted towards the construction of high-speed rail..."

Jesse briefly explained some high-speed rail projects to Jin Muchen, and the current state of promotion in California, and after listening to her introduction, Jin Muchen realized that he still underestimated the people of the Hearst family.

Why did I forget about this? You must know that the Hearst Group~www.novelbuddy.com~ is known as the mouthpiece of the United States. They are the most low-key wealthy family in the United States. The recent generations have lived very well. Low-key, but their family's influence on the US government is beyond doubt.

Up to the White House, down to the lower levels of state governments and city governments, there is nothing that they cannot influence or control.

Now that their family is determined to promote the high-speed rail to see who project, they must have natural advantages that are unmatched by other families in terms of public opinion and propaganda.

Just like the current debate, many families who were originally ambiguous about the high-speed rail construction could understand the benefits of this high-speed rail construction and finally choose to stand in line.

And those opponents, when there is no propaganda energy to compete with them, can only be crushed by them alive.

The most important point is that the state they chose is very good. California is located in the great western part of the United States. Although it is the second-strongest region in the US economy, this region happens to be far from the political center of the United States, and this The state does not have any decent airlines, aircraft manufacturing companies, and car manufacturing companies, so they don't have to worry about the pressure of those American manufacturing giants when they build high-speed rail in the state. (To be continued.)